CJ McCollum played the fewest minutes in a game with 45+ points this season, with 31 minutes on the court against the Wizards on January 3.

Interpreted as:

least minutes by a player in 45 or more points regular-season game this season

	NAME	MIN	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	CJ McCollum	31	50	1/3/2025	NOP	vs	WAS	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	32	50	11/13/2024	SAS	vs	WAS	6	2	1	3	18	29	62.1	8	16	50.0	6	9	66.7	75.8	1	5	1	3	+13
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34	50	2/5/2025	OKC	vs	PHX	8	5	2	1	18	29	62.1	3	7	42.9	11	12	91.7	72.9	2	6	1	3	+42
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	35	48	12/8/2024	DEN	@	ATL	14	8	3	0	17	29	58.6	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.1	3	11	3	2	+25
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	36	51	3/3/2025	OKC	vs	HOU	5	7	1	1	18	30	60.0	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	74.1	2	3	2	1	+6
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	36	45	3/13/2025	LAL	@	MIL	11	3	2	1	14	27	51.9	7	13	53.8	10	12	83.3	69.7	1	10	6	2	-16
8	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	36	49	11/16/2024	SAC	vs	UTA	3	9	2	0	16	30	53.3	3	4	75.0	14	19	73.7	63.9	0	3	4	3	+1
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	52	4/1/2025	GSW	@	MEM	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	37	49	2/5/2025	MIN	vs	CHI	9	3	1	1	13	28	46.4	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	68.2	3	6	5	2	+17
11	Jamal Murray J. Murray	37	45	1/14/2025	DEN	@	DAL	2	6	2	0	18	26	69.2	5	9	55.6	4	4	100.0	81.1	0	2	5	0	+14
12	Jordan Poole J. Poole	37	45	2/7/2025	WAS	vs	CLE	4	5	1	0	16	32	50.0	4	17	23.5	9	11	81.8	61.1	2	2	3	3	-2
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	37	54	1/22/2025	OKC	vs	UTA	8	5	3	2	17	35	48.6	3	10	30.0	17	18	94.4	62.9	3	5	3	3	+9
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	38	45	12/15/2024	DAL	@	GSW	11	13	3	2	16	23	69.6	6	11	54.5	7	9	77.8	83.5	2	9	3	1	+18
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	38	48	3/15/2025	OKC	@	DET	4	6	3	1	17	26	65.4	4	6	66.7	10	10	100.0	78.9	0	4	2	1	+18
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	38	45	12/26/2024	OKC	@	IND	7	8	1	2	15	22	68.2	4	5	80.0	11	11	100.0	83.8	0	7	1	2	+10
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	38	45	4/9/2025	LAL	@	DAL	8	6	4	0	16	28	57.1	7	10	70.0	6	9	66.7	70.4	1	7	3	4	+26
18	James Harden J. Harden	38	50	3/5/2025	LAC	vs	DET	4	5	1	1	14	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	39	46	12/28/2024	DAL	@	POR	2	2	2	1	16	26	61.5	5	12	41.7	9	9	100.0	76.8	1	1	4	1	-17
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	39	56	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
21	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	39	46	3/7/2025	CHA	vs	CLE	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	39	46	11/13/2024	NYK	vs	CHI	10	3	3	0	18	30	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	8	50.0	68.6	1	9	4	5	+4
23	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	39	52	1/29/2025	OKC	@	GSW	3	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	6	33.3	18	21	85.7	68.0	0	3	3	4	+1
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	39	45	11/11/2024	OKC	vs	LAC	3	9	5	2	13	21	61.9	4	8	50.0	15	16	93.8	80.2	0	3	1	3	+8
25	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	40	50	10/28/2024	ORL	vs	IND	13	9	1	2	16	26	61.5	3	9	33.3	15	22	68.2	70.1	4	9	4	4	+3